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Many thanks to Jim Lyle for permission to post his dramatic  photos……

Here is is account of his experience diving with them:

“One of the main attractions of North Carolina diving is the presence of these fierce-looking-snaggle-toothed-scary-but-safe sharks. I was first in the water and swam down the anchor line where the mate, who had secured the line to the wreck, waited. Danny made the universal shark signal, one hand held vertically-fingers together, on top of his head, and pointed towards the bow. I swam the length of the ship and found several of my quarry on the flat deck. There was one really big female – ten feet long, at least it looked that big to me – and several smaller sharks! I took several pictures and then dropped to the sand in front of the bow, where several more sand tigers were silently moving with an escort of small fish riding their bow wake. Hey! No music; I don’t hear any shark music! Oh, that’s right, these are sand tigers, not great whites.”

Click below to read more:

http://diver.net/bbs/posts002/72000.shtml

These incredible pictures demonstrate how orca whales use a ‘karate chop’ to stun and then finish off killer sharks.

In a rare battle of beasts these images show how several populations of skilled killer whales around the world have learned how to overcome huge sharks, that most animals give a wide berth.

Using a combination of superior brain power and brute force, the highly-intelligent orcas are able to catch and eat what many think of as the ocean’s top predators.

See here for photos:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1231454/Killer-whales-Death-karate-chop-deadly-tactic-used-orcas-sharks.html?ITO=1490

–Many thanks to Lori  for these remarkable photos of diving with Sand Tiger Sharks off the coast of North Carolina!